dashed

1. 1
   verb

   Past participle of dash. Use this form after "have," "has," or "had," or in passive sentences.

   He had dashed home before the storm broke.

   The glass was dashed against the stones.

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2. 2
   adjective

   Made up of short lines with small spaces between them.

   Like a row of small marks with gaps, not one solid line.

   Draw a dashed line to show where the wall used to be.

   The map marks the hiking trail with a dashed border.

   Similarbroken

   Oppositesolid, continuous, unbroken

3. 3
   adjectivedatedeuphemisticBritish

   An old British word used to show you are annoyed, like a soft swear word.

   Like saying "darn" instead of a stronger word when you are upset.

   Where on earth did I put that dashed key?

   I'll be dashed if I gan another step for less 'an oaf.

   1824, “Kiddywinkle History, No. II”, in Blackwood's MagazineHere, dashed is a mild way to say damned, showing annoyance.

   Similarblasted, darned, confounded, wretched

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